What did you do in the garden today?

[catsndogs4us]

The original seeds I got from Baker Creek took over a month to sprout. I gave up on them and left the tray uncovered outside and kept them moist and a few sprouted, it felt like 2 months later.
This year they sprouted from fruit I left to compost. I kept only 2 plants out of hundreds.

This is helpful information, thank you.

 

[catsndogs4us]

ep, growing backyard vine veggies that sprawl out like melon vines or need stringing up like beans are not worth the yields.

I think it sorta depends though on you goals and available space. We grew a lot of winter squash last year and it took up a lot of space but this allowed us to eat squash all through the winter until about 6 weeks ago without buying it. We had hubbards, spaghetti, butternut, buttercup, acorn, some more less common ones and it was great. I do love squash tho as does my husband and the kids will take it in certain dishes.

Corn for us does not work. It never fails to bring in veggie predators that know just when to strike.

I like growing beans because there are so many kinds and they taste so nice from the garden.

I'm not so successful with melons here is zone 5 but I keep trying!

 

[catsndogs4us]

The first one is Shy boy on the left and onry boy. The 2nd is Little gurl. 3rd is First born. The 4th is Whiner and the last one is Mehawk. Yes our son wants Mohawk to be Mehawk. Forgot to tell everyone that First born is a girl

Oh my so very adorable. Love them all especially Shy boy.

 

[Rick589]

I think it sorta depends though on you goals and available space. We grew a lot of winter squash last year and it took up a lot of space but this allowed us to eat squash all through the winter until about 6 weeks ago without buying it. We had hubbards, spaghetti, butternut, buttercup, acorn, some more less common ones and it was great. I do love squash tho as does my husband and the kids will take it in certain dishes.

Corn for us does not work. It never fails to bring in veggie predators that know just when to strike.

I like growing beans because there are so many kinds and they taste so nice from the garden.

I'm not so successful with melons here is zone 5 but I keep trying!

I can or freeze everything grown so depending on how much we have preserved and in stock dictates what will be planted during the current season. As our stock runs low or out we will plant the crop needed to restock the pantry. My goal, really hobby, is to see just how far removed from the grocery store I can become.

 

[catsndogs4us]

I am also going to plant this week, I figure I can cover the wee small bit of garden I have. Your weather/climate is likely similar to here; my huge worry are the fruit trees, as long as I can get past the flowering stage without frost or snow it’s all good! So by end of May I should be ‘ok’.

This is so true. the winter before last we had that late cold snap and then didn't get any peaches at all and much lower amounts of other fruits. The weather will sure make or break some of our crops.

 

[catsndogs4us]

I didn't do much in the garden today. After work I got my young chicks outside for a while even though it wasn't ideal weather (sunny when I was at work, cloudy, cooler and sprinkling when I got home.) The 4 week old standard size are fine with the cooler weather but the 2 week old bantams I hatched in the class aren't ready for a ton of time out in the cool weather. I didn't want to run an extension and bring the brooder plate out to the little greenhouse on the dreary day so I watched their behavior to know when they were ready to go back in. I like them to get at least a little time on the dirt each day.

I washed out some small pots that we may be able to use in the classroom for the kids to plant some lettuce.

 

[akroberts1085]

Oh my so very adorable. Love them all especially Shy boy.

Yes. He's my favorite too. I told my husband that I would get rid of the other 3 dogs we have just to be able to keep him. Then I said that I would train him the same way I trained our pitbull. He was 88 lbs of baby when it came to me, anyone else and okay I have to lay on you because your on the couch or in Mom's chair. Nobody could believe that I was the only person that could get him to mind and at 5'2 and 110 lbs.

 

[Smokerbill]

I stuck my compost thermometer (actually a turkey fryer thermometer) into the new compost pile to monitor its temperature. It's been running at 75° today.

I had great luck with a 6 foot row of climbing rattlesnake beans last summer. I put two full gallon bags in the freezer and ate a gallon or more fresh picked from the vine. I planted the seeds 2 to 4 inches apart in the row and they didn't mind being that close together at all.

I'm planting an 8 foot long row this year, and putting a row on each side of the trellis so I should get loads of beans this summer. Half the trellis will be planted with seeds I saved from last year, and I'm buying a new packet of seeds to grow on the other half as backup in case my saved seeds don't grow the way I hope. Plus I'm growing some bush beans for the heck of it.

I gave the chicks a couple big handfuls of weeds, which they love, and wetted down a half gallon of All Flock feed as a treat for the big girls. They're still getting used to the new straw bedding. I think they miss the dusty rotted woodchips.

 

[Smokerbill]

My goal, really hobby, is to see just how far removed from the grocery store I can become.

Same as me. I bought very little from the grocery produce section over the last year, mainly cabbages. And if my self sustaining flock of New Hampshires works out I'm hoping they provide me with plenty of meat, along with the eggs.

I have 7 NH pullets I bought as chicks that are around 6 weeks old, and will get 15 NH males in the mail next week. I'll keep 2 or 3 of the best males for breeding and process the rest.

 

[akroberts1085]

I got my new garden planner today and I got my strawberry and grape seeds also. Didn't care much for the delivery guy as he was rather rude. I'm now going to copy the garden planner so that I won't have to buy another one. I would love to be able to make my own but technology just causes me to have anger issues.